Much has been written and said about the conversion of the Khazars (a Turkic people) to Judaism and the consequences of this conversion. However, it has been decades since there was a systematic examination of the event's historical evidence.
This talk, by Professor Shaul Stampfer of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, presents the occasionally surprising results of a critical investigation into the Khazari conversion mystery. The discussion will address two classic dilemmas of the modern historian: how to balance between belief and proof, and the problem of trying to prove that something did not happen.
This talk was part of the 2012-2013 Stroum Jewish Studies Lunchtime Learning lecture series at the University of Washington.
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